Now that we got ww3, we don't need Fauci to scare the sheep. Of course, he'll be back after the midterms, if ww3 doesn't work out like the government wants...
While I disagree with you, I agree that the whole variant concept can raise an eyebrow. Coronaviruses don't mutate as fast as viruses like the flu, so it's weird how we had 3 new variants in a relatively short span of time.